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From mangled bodies to the twisted psychological world of Abu Ghraib, the stories Middle East veterans tell Nancy Sherman reveal a side of war not shown on TV.
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In some ways, the psychology of combat hasn’t changed since Troy. But modern wars have also brought their own unique traumas.
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The "Untold War" author first became interested in the psychology of combat by observing her father’s tight-lipped silence about World War II.
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A conversation with the Georgetown philosophy professor and author of "The Untold War."
The annual report released this week from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism begins by lamenting the effects of the recession on the news media. In 2009, […]
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The most successful leaders of business and government gain that power by being able to persuade their constituencies with a compelling story.
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The screenwriting guru talks about what it was like to see himself portrayed by Brian Cox in the film "Adaptation."
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Film has hit a dead-end as a storytelling medium, says McKee, because it's expensive and conservative—and what experimentation there is exists more to show off than to provide meaning.
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Don't try to put plot points on specific page numbers, says the screenwriting guru.
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We spend more time than ever consuming stories. Do we need them more than we used to?
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Dialogue and description are relatively minor parts of the creative process in television and film.
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Advances in digital technology don’t change the way writers tell stories, but they do have an effect on the content of the stories that are told.
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The biggest mistake that novice screenwriters make is trying to follow what's trendy.
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The main difference between screenwriting, playwriting and prose is the degree of conflict that interests the writer.
A conversation with the author and screenwriting guru.
Washington "think tanks" are more like lobbyists than academic institutions these days, writes Bruce Bartlett. And it's only going to get worse.
Economists Ian Ayres and Barry Nalebuff say that people in their 20s and 30s should take out all of their retirement savings and buy stocks on margin.
A human-shaped robot is being sent to the International Space Station to serve as an assistant to the astronauts living there. The bot will eventually be used to help with extravehicular activities.
Why are developing countries now becoming hotbeds of business innovation? Perhaps it is because local companies are "dreaming bigger dreams."
Members of Mexico's drug cartels are throwing grenades into U.S. consulates—so why aren't the groups designated as terrorist organizations?